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GORDON, John Henry George

Service Number:	524
Enlisted:	17 August 1914, Footscray, Vic.
Last Rank:	Lieutenant
Last Unit:	7th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Moonee Ponds, Victoria, Australia, 7 June 1894
Home Town:	Footscray, Maribyrnong, Victoria
Schooling:	Footscray State School No.253, Victoria, Australia
Occupation:	Moulder Apprentice, employed at Sunshine Harvester
Died:	Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia, 20 November 1963, aged 69 years, cause of death not yet discovered
Cemetery:	Red Cliffs Pioneer Cemetery, Victoria
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World War 1 Service

17 Aug 1914:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Sergeant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, Footscray, Vic.
19 Oct 1914:	Embarked Sergeant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, HMAT Hororata, Melbourne
19 Oct 1914:	Involvement Sergeant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '9' embarkation_place: Melbourne embarkation_ship: HMAT Hororata embarkation_ship_number: A20 public_note: ''
8 May 1915:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle of Krithia (Second), gun shot wounds, both legs. 12 May, evacuated per Hospital Ship Braemar Castle. 17 May, admitted Mtarfa Military Hospital, Malta
1 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, Hospital Ship "Karoa" to Australian Overseas Base, Alexandria, Egypt.
7 Aug 1915:	Embarked AIF WW1, Company Quartermaster Sergeant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, per HMT Oxonian to rejoin his unit at Gallipoli
14 Aug 1915:	Promoted AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion, Posted to "B" Company
25 Jul 1916:	Wounded AIF WW1, Second Lieutenant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, Battle for Pozières , gun shot wound, both arms. 26 July, evacuated to Red Cross Hospital, Rouen. 30/31 July, per Hospital Ship St. George, transferred to 5th London General Hospital [St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Road]
27 Feb 1917:	Promoted AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 7th Infantry Battalion
5 Apr 1919:	Embarked AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion, per S.S.Armagh, embarked Devonport, England. 18 May, 1919, disembarked Melbourne, Australia.
17 Jul 1919:	Discharged AIF WW1, Lieutenant, 524, 7th Infantry Battalion

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Biography contributed by Faithe Jones

Son of Mr and Mrs G W GORDON 13 James Street, Footscray, Vic.